Spotting scope at Aldi

Browsing around Aldi in Stirling this afternoon,, I came across a spotting scope on offer.
The usual spec. 20x60x60. In a sceptical frame of mind, I picked one up to try it. Fully expecting distortion and false colours, but was astounded at the quality of the image. So I bought two!. They are quite compact in size. A lot smaller than my present one.
The price? Just £24.99. A bargain, in my view.
Last time Aldi sold spotting scopes. They sold out almost instantly and then appeared on eBay over the next few weeks.

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My camera nest box came from Aldi 2 years ago and has been up and working well for over 2 years. It was one of these "buy it quick special offers" and cost next to nothing compared with other complete kit boxes elsewhere.

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Just picked one up at the Wigan branch. At 60mm it's not the brightest of images even at 20x mag but perfectly adequate for occasional use and lightweight enough to carry when I have all my camera gear as well. Surprisingly little colour fringing for such a cheap scope. Well worth a punt unless you're the type of person who is more concerned about how much people think you've paid than whether it suits your needs or not.

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Well worth a punt unless you're the type of person who is more concerned about how much people think you've paid than whether it suits your needs or not.

Worrying about the name on your bins/scope more than the performance seems to a trend nowadays just hope not being able to afford top kit does not put newbies off enjoying our great hobby.I do not have such a great problem with this as some as I prefer the porro prism style of bins and the top of the range are roof prism,but that is just a personal thing.

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My birding pal was given a pair of Leica bins as a retirement present. They're better than my budget model Opticrons , you might say twice as good but not ten times like the price difference , and he definitely doesn't see ten times more birds than I do :- )

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Well, my daughter and I intend to get out to one of the local lochs to give the scope a thorough test ASAP.........that is, if there is nobody around to deride the unknown name (Optus btw) of the beast.

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